1. Russian Classical Music

2. The Mighty Five
And
Tchaikovsky

3. The Mighty Five
Могучая кучка
(the mighty bunch)

4. 1856
First meeting
Balakirev and
César Cui.

5. Modest Mussorgsky
joined them in 1857

6. Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov
Joined in 1861

7. Alexander Borodin
Joined in 1862

8. Self-trained Amateurs
Balakirev was the only professional musician
Cesar Cui was an army officer
Borodin was a chemist.
Rimsky-Korsakov was a naval officer
Mussorgsky had been in the Preobrazhensky Regiment of the Imperial Guard, then in the civil service

9. Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky

10. Conservatoire-trained
Became close with the Mighty Five
Never became part of the group
His aesthetic never quite aligned with theirs
Defended and supported their ideas and musical endeavors

11. Night on Bald Mountain, Mussorgsky
Flight of the Bumblebee
Nikolai Rimsky-Korskakov
Song of the Flea
Chaliapin/Moussorgsky  

12. In the Steppes of Central Asia Alexander Borodin
In the Steppes of Central Asia
Alexander Borodin
1812 Overture
Tchaikovsky
Polonaise from Eugene Onegin